Medical Wigs & Cranial Prosthesis in Miami, FL
One client at a time. Every appointment is yours alone — unhurried, private, and built around what you actually need.
A diagnosis rearranges everything at once, and hair is rarely the first thing on the list — until it starts to go. For women in Miami facing chemotherapy, radiation, or alopecia, Dorin Wigs offers what a retail floor cannot: a hand-tied cranial prosthesis matched to your own hair before it changes, insurance documentation prepared alongside it, and a private room where the fitting takes as long as it needs to. Thirty-five minutes north on I-95, and twenty-five years of this exact work.
The Cranial Prosthesis, Explained
A cranial prosthesis is a wig prescribed for hair loss with a medical cause — chemotherapy, radiation, alopecia areata, trichotillomania, or severe thinning. The craft is identical to Dorin's finest custom work: hand-tied knot by knot, human hair, colored to match yours. What the medical designation changes is the paperwork. It is the term that lets your insurer, FSA, or HSA treat the piece as the prescribed device it is, rather than a retail purchase.
For Clients in Treatment Across Miami-Dade
Many Miami clients come north in the window between diagnosis and the first infusion — the weeks when natural color, texture, and hairline can still be matched from life rather than from a photograph. Dorin partners with Mount Sinai Medical Center for medical wig fittings and works with the communities served by our medical partners. She has fitted women at every point on the treatment timeline: before it begins, midway through when a first wig turns out to be wrong, and through the long months of regrowth afterward.
Color and Texture, Matched to Miami Hair
Miami hair is not one thing. Clients arrive from Little Havana, Brickell, Coral Gables, and Kendall with Cuban, Colombian, Venezuelan, Haitian, and Brazilian hair histories, and with the range of texture and depth that comes with them — tight coils, loose waves, and the near-black shades that read flat or faintly blue when the base color is wrong.
Stock medical wigs are built for a narrow band of that spectrum, which is why so many women try one and quietly stop wearing it. A custom piece is built the other way around. Dorin blends several depths through the root rather than relying on a single dye lot, and chooses hair whose curl pattern already matches yours instead of setting texture in afterward — so the piece still behaves like your hair in August, not only on the day you collect it.
Insurance, FSA & HSA
With a physician's prescription for a cranial prosthesis and a letter of medical necessity, most FSA and HSA accounts cover the cost, and many insurance plans reimburse part or all of it. Dorin prepares the itemized documentation with the standard billing code (HCPCS L8042). The full process is on our insurance & FSA/HSA page, and the paperwork is completed together at your visit.
Getting Here from Miami
A straight run north on I-95 — roughly thirty-five to forty-five minutes from Brickell or downtown Miami to 4800 SW 28th Terrace in Fort Lauderdale, depending on the hour. Clients travel regularly from Coral Gables, Doral, and Kendall. The atelier is women-only and by appointment only, Sunday through Friday, with private parking and one client in the building at a time.
Frequently Asked Questions
When should I come in if chemotherapy starts soon?
Before treatment begins, if the schedule allows. Matching your hair while it is still there gives the most faithful result, and the piece is finished before you need it.
Can you match very dark or tightly textured hair?
Yes. Dark shades are blended from several depths rather than one, and the hair is chosen to match your own curl pattern, so the texture holds instead of relaxing out after the first wash.
Will insurance or my FSA/HSA cover a cranial prosthesis?
Often, yes. With a prescription and letter of medical necessity, most FSA/HSA accounts cover the cost and many insurers reimburse. We provide the itemized paperwork.
Is it worth driving up from Miami?
Our Miami-Dade clients say the difference is the fitting itself — unhurried, private, one woman at a time, with the insurance documentation handled in the same visit.
Serving Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables, Doral, and Kendall from our Fort Lauderdale atelier. For Miami Beach, Surfside, and Bal Harbour, see our Miami Beach medical wigs page. You can also explore our full medical wig services or book a free consultation. Call +1 954-955-1045.
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